Ethan Finlay scored the game’s winner in the 34th minute, exploiting the space between
Armandoand
Roy Miller and latching onto a through ball from
Tony Tchani before firing home to give Columbus a 2-0 lead.

Lloyd Sam trimmed the deficit in half in the 58th minute to give the Red Bulls a lift with a much-needed jolt of energy. Sam impressively dribbled through a pair of defenders on the right flank, and proceeded to slam a rocket past Columbus goalkeeper
Steve Clark at the near post for his fourth goal of the season.

A minute later,
Thierry Henry saw a glorious chance deflected wide. Henry, who could have been playing in his final regular-season game at Red Bull Arena, cut in from the left but his effort from 15 yards was just nicked wide for a corner.

While the Red Bulls looked better after the goal, the sharpness wasn’t there in the final third. That opened the door for Schoenfeld to score his second of the match in the 79th minute, smashing a hard shot into the back of the net from close range after a feed from Finlay.

Schoenfeld’s opener came in similar fashion, though it involved some luck as well.

Finlay hit a pass from the right side to the Crew forward in the 17th minute, and a bungled first touch from Schoenfeld actually ricocheted back to him and created distance from
Jamison Olave for a simple finish.

Columbus now turn their focus on their regular season finale at Crew Stadium vs. the Philadelphia Union next Sunday.